tape reading

[′tāp ‚rēd·iŋ]

(computer science)

A process of feeding coded tapes through a tape-to-card punch to convert the coded information into punched cards; tapes can be prepared on the typewriter tape punch or on the card-controlled tape punch; the latter is capable of punching tape that can be transmitted by telegraph.

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